Assistant Headteacher with oversight of English
Downham Market Academy, Downham Market, Norfolk, PE38 9LLDeadline is tomorrow
Start date details
Required for September 2025
Closing date
12 December 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
27 November 2024
Job details
Job role
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subject
- English
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Leadership Scale: L1-4
What skills and experience we're looking for
Downham Market Academy require an innovative and highly motivated Assistant Headteacher to join the leadership team of our outstanding school.
The ideal candidate will bring creativity and leadership skills to support and inspire the wider school community. You will have a proven track record of effective leadership and success, exemplary classroom practice as well as an ability to lead and motivate staff, to think proactively and work collaboratively.
The applicant should have strong experience in leading a faculty area in a written subject and should have A-Level or degree level English qualifications.
What the school offers its staff
What can ELA offer you?
ELA offer a sector leading staff benefits offer alongside bespoke, high quality CPD programmes, cross-trust events, and exceptional opportunities for career development within our innovative family of schools.
- ELA know that our strength is our people, so we prioritise staff wellbeing, retention and development. Over 95% of ELA staff say they’re proud to work in their school.
- ELA are firm believers in the power of recognising, celebrating, and rewarding talent: our track record in terms of retention, internal promotion opportunities and wider career development is excellent.
- ELA staff enjoy a sector leading staff benefits package alongside bespoke, high quality CPD programmes, cross-trust events, and exceptional opportunities for career development within our innovative family of schools.
ELA staff benefits include:
- Reduced contact time to enable professional development;
- EAP with access to counselling & physiotherapy;
- Health care cash plan;
- Paid annual family day;
- Extensive discount club access;
- Cycle to work & electric car lease schemes;
- Enhanced parental leave;
- Flexible work practices;
- Laptop & mobile phone payment plans;
- Ticket ballots for high profile events;
- Generous annual leave allowance for support staff;
- Discounted gym membership for all staff.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
About Downham Market Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1291 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Downham Market Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- KCoupland@dma.tela.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01366389100
Arranging a visit to Downham Market Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email KCoupland@dma.tela.org.uk.
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